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Bach – Magnificat BWV 243 – Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society
The Magnificat, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is the first large choral work that Bach composed after his appointment in Leipzig in the spring of 1723. It is an ‘old-fashioned’ but delightful five-voiced work that uses Latin, just like the other rarity among Bach’s works, the Mass in B minor.
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Bach – Cantata Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder BWV 135 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
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Bach – Cantata Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben BWV 109 | Netherlands Bach Society
And just where you expect a simple chorale at the end of the cantata, suddenly you hear a grand arrangement with rousing orchestral accompaniment. It is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns, with words that testify to an unshakeable faith in God.
Dispatches from the Asylum 